Morse

What's notable is how long it has been since that breakthrough victory. Thirty-one months is a lifetime in racing, and in that time Morse has not won another race despite appearing in competitions consistently. The horse's recent form shows no particular pattern of improvement: finishes of 17th, 12th, 7th, 4th, 12th and 7th across the last six outings suggest Morse performs somewhere in the middle of the field on most occasions, occasionally creeping into the top 3, but rarely threatening to win. When the horse does get into distance it favours — between 1 mile 1 furlong and 1 mile 2 furlongs — the record improves to 1 win from 7 races (14%), a figure that shows Morse has a range where it competes more credibly than in other conditions.

Trained by Charles Weld at Newbridge in County Kildare, Morse is ridden most often by N G McCullagh, though that partnership has yielded just 1 win from 10 races together. With another outing just yesterday, Morse remains active on the track, though whether the horse will ever recapture the spark of that single victory remains to be seen.